Dr. Li is a graduate of Hengyang Medical College in Hunan, China. He obtained a PhD in Stem Cell Biology from the University Paris 7 along with his fellowship training of stem cell transplantation in Paris, France. Dr. Li completed an internship and residency at Akron Children's Hospital and a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at the University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland.

Before joining Banner Pediatric Specialists, Dr. Li was the Director of the Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program in Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio. He was an attending physician in China for eight years prior to relocating to the United States. He is board certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and has researched the role of gene therapy in blood disease.